Journal profile · PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Administration
ISSN 0001-8325 · eISSN 2449-9471 · Sciendo · Poland
Administration: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3 (journal website); fully open access; no APC; median 110 days to acceptance (74 articles, last 24 months); 28 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Administration is published by Sciendo and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Irish and British Studies, Healthcare innovation and challenges and Public Policy and Administration Research, together about 32.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Administration is the only refereed journal exclusively dedicated to the publication of high-quality academic articles on Irish public administration and public policy. It covers public administration and policy in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and both jurisdictions in a comparative context. Administration is the official journal of the Institute of Public Administration, Ireland’s public service development organisation.Founded in 1953, Administration has served a constituency of academics, students, journalists and public practitioners. The journal seeks to combine original scholarship on public administration from a variety of disciplines with the insights and experiences of practitioners. It is an important resource for any serious study of public management in Ireland.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Editor-in-chief Joanna O’RiordanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Irish and British StudiesSocial Sciences12.9%
- Healthcare innovation and challengesSocial Sciences10.7%
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences9%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences8.5%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- Regional Development and PolicySocial Sciences4.7%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions4.5%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.95OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 364 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 25 | 47 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 18 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 18 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 57 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 134 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
110 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 68 days – 221 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (59 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 153 days
- Sample
- 74 articles with submission and acceptance dates (327 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright 2026 © Paradigm. All rights reserved.
Currency:EUR €USD $GBP £ Terms of servicePrivacy policyEthical policiesAccessibility
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Sciendo
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0001-8325
- Electronic ISSN
- 2449-9471
- Society / sponsor
- Institute of Public Administration
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Administration
What CAS zone is Administration in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Administration is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public Administration. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Administration?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.5, h-index 18.
How long does peer review take at Administration?
Based on the dates recorded on 74 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 110 days (interquartile range 68–221 days); authors report an average review time of about 30 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Administration?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Administration is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Administration open access, and what is the APC?
Administration is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .